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1 Topic 6 Outline of Japanese Patent Classification Systems December 2013 JAPAN PATENT OFFICE 1

2 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term 2

3 Why FI/F-term? Annually about 350,000 patent applications in Japan (not including PCT applications) Totally about 20,000,000 documents About 75% of domestic applications have no patent families Huge amount of prior art!

4 Why FI/F-term? 1977:Strasbourg Agreement entered in force in Japan 1978: IPC officially introduced at JPO growing numbers of patent documents JPO examiners subdivide files (using alphabetic letters A - Z) start of "File Index" (FI) classification 1984: "paperless office" project computerised search system new search indexes: File Forming Terms (F-terms) to improve search efficiency 4

5 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term 5

6 Overview of patent classification systems System Governance Number of Entries IPC IPC/CE (Committee of Experts); supervised by WIPO 70K Documentation coverage - almost all patent docs published worldwide FI/F-term JPO 190K/ 380K - JP docs CPC EPO/USPTO 250K (main trunk / 2000 series = 160K/ 80K) - the subset of "min-pct" documentation in one of the three EPO languages - patent docs classified by CPCNO 6

7 Relationship between IPC and FI/F-term IPC FI F-terms (Multi-dimensional viewpoints) View point 1 AA01, AA02, Theme View point 2 BB01, BB02, View point 3 CC01, CC02, 70,000 entries 190,000 entries 380,000 entries 7

8 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term 8

9 What is FI? IPC FI (File Index) [Features] Subdivision of IPC Consists of IPC groups & IPC-based subdivisions Largely based on the latest version of IPC, but some are based on old version, e.g. IPC4 Uses a dot hierarchy like IPC Covers all the fields of IPC(A section to H section) 70,000 entries 190,000 entries Similar to CPC main trunk (160,000 entries) Biannual revision Backlog reclassification 9

10 FI - notation IPC symbol ex) G06F 9/00 IPC symbol + extension symbol ex) G06F 9/00, 320 IPC symbol + extension symbol + file discrimination symbol ex) G06F 9/00, 320 A IPC symbol + file discrimination symbol ex) B60G 17/015 A example of FI subdivisions for G06F9/00 (source: ) 10

11 FI Symbol (Extension symbol) Further subdivisions of IPC subgroups Indication with 3-digit numbers Hierarchical dots followed by IPC symbols Example: A01D HARVESTING; MOWING 34/ 00 Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvest 34/ 24 Lifting devices for the cutter-bar 101 Co-operating of the machine 103 Actuating by sensing fields or stumps 104 Mechanism for preventing hunting 11

12 FI Symbol (File Discrimination Symbol) Further subdivisions under IPC subgroups or extension symbols Indication with a letter from A to Z Creation of symbol Z (others) is necessary No dot means 1 dot below IPC subgroups et al. Dot number means a hierarchical level within file discrimination symbols Example A01C PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING 1/ 00 Apparatus, or methods of use A Preparation for adjusting growth B Chemical treatment Z Others 12

13 FI - section to groups Section A Section B Section H 01 A B A B IPC:70,000 1/00 1/02 1/04 1/06 1/08 2/00 2/02 2/04 2/06 Main group Sub group 1/00 1/02 1/04 1/06 1/08 2/00 2/02 2/04 2/06 A B C Z A B Z A B 301 A 301 B Z A B C Z A B Z FI:190,000 13

14 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term 14

15 What is F-term? Increasing number of patent documents Limits of subdivision of of IPC (FI) Inadequate segmentation --> FI is subdivided from only Subdivision the viewpoint of single of IPC viewpoint Need for efficient search Development of complex or combined technologies Invention of F-term as computer-based multi aspect search indexes 15

16 Relationship between IPC and FI/F-term IPC FI F-terms (Multi-dimensional viewpoints) View point 1 AA01, AA02, Theme View point 2 BB01, BB02, View point 3 CC01, CC02, 70,000 entries 190,000 entries 380,000 entries 16

17 What is F-term? Indications comprised of 2 letters selected from A to Z (called Viewpoint ) and 2 numerals selected from 00 to 99 Around 380,000 entries (total of all themes) Similar to CPC 2000 series (80,000 entries) F-terms (Multi-dimensional viewpoints) View point 1 AA01, AA02, View point 2 BB01, BB02, View point 3 CC01, CC02, Revised annually Backlog reclassification 17

18 Concept of theme A certain technical area (Total 2,600 Themes) Around 1,800 themes out of 2,600 have F-terms A theme has a certain FI coverage A theme consists of a theme code and a subject of the theme corresponding the FI coverage A theme code is expressed as 5-digits consisting of alphanumeric characters Example: Theme code: 3E003 FI coverage: B65B 5/00-5/12 Subject of the theme: Container packaging and wrapping operation 18

19 F-terms - notation Example: 3E067 AB01 theme code view point figure theme code: represents a technical field view point: analyses the theme (material, purpose, operation, manufacturing, etc.) figure: subdivides the viewpoint 19

20 F-terms - notation Example: 3E067 AB01. A theme code view point figure additional code theme code: represents a technical field view point: analyses the theme (material, purpose, operation, manufacturing, etc.) figure: subdivides the viewpoint additional code: subdivides each term code 20

21 F-terms - notation Example: 3E067 AB01 theme code view point figure 2 = Residual technology (2B, 2C, 2D,...) 3 = Mechanics (3B, 3C, 3D, 3E,...) 4 = Chemistry (4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F...) 5 = Electricity (5B, 5C, 5D, 5E,...) 21

22 Relationship between FI, theme and F-term 1/00 A B CZ 1/ /04 1/06 A B Z 1/08 2/00 2/02 A B 301 A 301 B Z 2/04 A B CZ 2/06 A B CZ FI Theme 1 (F-term theme) Theme 2 (FI theme) Theme 3 (F-term theme) Theme 1/00A - 1/08 AA 00 BB 00 CC 00 DD 00 AA 01 BB 01 CC 01 DD 01 AA 02 BB 02 CC 02 DD 02 AA 03 CC 03 DD 03 AA 04 2/04A 2/04B 2/04C - AA 00 BB 00 CC 00 AA 01 BB 01 CC 01 AA 02 BB 02 CC AA 03 CC 03 CC 04 F-term 22

23 Example of F-term list Theme Code Subject of theme FI Coverage View point 23

24 F-term description F-term descriptions partly available in English since 2005 currently approx. 700 themes covered example of F-term description in English (source: ) 24

25 Advantage of multiple technical viewpoints Ex. Search for granular calcium oxide ceramics with low heat expansion Viewpoint AA Components Viewpoint BA Functions and Uses Viewpoint CA Structures 25

26 Advantage of multiple technical viewpoints Ex. Search for granular calcium oxide ceramics with low heat expansion AA04 Calcium oxides AA components 4G031 AA04 26

27 Advantage of multiple technical viewpoints Ex. Search for granular calcium oxide ceramics with low heat expansion AA components BA24 Low heat expansion 4G031 AA04 and BA24 BA Functions and Uses 27

28 Advantage of multiple technical viewpoints Ex. Search for granular calcium oxide ceramics with low heat expansion AA components Refine the search effectively! 4G031 AA04 and BA24 and CA05 CA05 Granularity BA Functions and Uses 28

29 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term 29

30 Revision of FI/F-term IPC FI F-term Revision Annual Biannual Annual Reclassification Yes Yes Yes* * Basically, all the documents are reclassified, but in some themes, only the documents published after a specific year are reclassified (e.g. themes where a new technology was developed in a specific year). 30

31 Revision of FI/F-term Revision of IPC Yes Minor revision or not? Revision of FI Examiner s proposal Revision of FI, F-term or IPC? Revision of F-term We need more efficient search tool No Propose to IP5 WG1 as new project or not? No Yes Revision of IPC Start procedure of FI revision * IP5 WG1 Start procedure of F-term revision Start classifying in new FI IPC Revision Working Group Start classifying in new F-term Start the reclassification of patent documents in new FI Revision of IPC Start the reclassification of patent documents in new F-term Note (*) : FI revision is often made soon after approval at IPC Revision Working Group 31

32 Incorporation of the existing FI into the IPC Examples Inverter devices (H02M7/) T024 A Hybrid Vehicles (B60K6/) T010 A Gearing (F16H57/) T063 A Non-woven fabrics (D04H) F003 32

33 Revision of FI/F-term Classification research Increase rate of the number of documents Usage frequency of F-term Usage frequency of FI Theme code 33

34 Revision of FI/F-term Classification research (FI) Usage frequency and the number of documents of each index can be shown. IPC FI CPC 34

35 Revision of FI/F-term Classification research (F-term) Usage frequency and the number of documents of each index can be shown. high use 35

36 Content Why FI/F-term? Overview of patent classification systems What is FI? What is F-term? Revision of FI/F-term Finding FI/F-term 36

37 Finding FI/F-terms FI classes on Japanese first pages (KOKAI) since

38 Finding FI/F-terms theme code F-terms on Japanese first pages (KOKAI) since 2000 full list of term codes 38

39 Finding FI/F-terms Legal status in Japanese theme codes FI classes Full list of term codes (source: ) 39

40 Thank you! December 2013 JAPAN PATENT OFFICE 40

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